Tuesday, November 23, 2010
NOW winter can really come
Because I got the greatest care package from my amazing mom! I got a brand new scarf that she crocheted for me- in great maroon and gray colors. Also, goldfish, my favorite kind, and Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore socks. I'm not a fan of Disneyland but you can never go wrong with new socks that I can wear to sleep or under my boots. Also in the box was some amazing delicious (I assume, I haven't had any yet) banana bread. And the best part, NUTCRACKER TEA. I was literally down to my last bag tomorrow and now I have two new boxes to hold me over until they go on sale after Christmas. Greatest mom ever! I love you!
Ten things
I've got about fifteen minutes before my next student shows up for goal meetings so here is the superficial version of ten things I cannot live without. This being the superficial version, these are mostly material items, not things of real importance like the Bible, my friends, family, etc.
9. Hulu/surfthechannel/megavideo/etc: Not having a TV anymore, these keep me firmly connected into the world of television. And on the plus side, no commercials or at least super minimal commercials).
8. Nutcracker tea: How I survived the winters, even in Southern California, without this blessing from heaven, I have no idea. It really is like a ballet in a cup. And you can quote me on that quote.
7. My lappy-top: I have had my Macbook for the last two and a half years and I seriously love it. It can do no wrong, usually. even when it sometimes freezes weirdly, it starts back up in about one minute. It has never failed me (hope I don't jinx anything....)
6. Public transportation: This leaves me at a bit of a disadvantage living in Idaho and Orange County. With public transportation, you tend to be safer (nobody wants to mess with a bus/train/coach/etc.), you can read, listen to music without being distracted, sleep, relax, you don't have to worry about hitting small children, etc. I hereby state that public transportation needs to be implemented in all cities.
5. My ipod: I have the most eclectic taste in music. I often crave very specific types of music/songs that the radio cannot provide. Having it all in one place on my ipod is perfect. I can overload it up and not take up room on my computer harddrive. I can listen to books or CD, I can watch movies, I can listen to Baddiel and Skinner or the RSC. I can even listen to these new Couch to 5K podcasts that I just downloaded. Who knows what will come of this but I don't know where I'd be without my ipod.
4. N.Y.C. Brand lip plumper lip gloss. I love this stuff and I love the way that my lips feel when I put on the lip gloss. Except that one time where I think I may have inadvertently swallowed some and my throat felt really weird. This also goes for my Burts Bees chapstick.
2. Saint Chapelle Special Harvest wine. Only available in Idaho. Delicious and good with everything.
1. My Liverpool fleece blanket: So soft, so warm, perfect for cuddling with a book, special harvest wine, my ipod, on public transportation, with my laptop, watching Hulu or Supernatural. It makes my world a better place.
What are your ten things?
10. My supernatural DVDs: My current (and for the past few years) favorite show. I love Sam and Dean. I love Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles. I love Misha Collins and Jim Beaver and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. I LOVE the Impala. I love the classic rock. I love the classic episodes. I love the Ghostfacers. I love the urban legends. I do not love the tension between Sam and Dean but more on that later. Thank goodness for DVDs.
9. Hulu/surfthechannel/megavideo/etc: Not having a TV anymore, these keep me firmly connected into the world of television. And on the plus side, no commercials or at least super minimal commercials).
8. Nutcracker tea: How I survived the winters, even in Southern California, without this blessing from heaven, I have no idea. It really is like a ballet in a cup. And you can quote me on that quote.
7. My lappy-top: I have had my Macbook for the last two and a half years and I seriously love it. It can do no wrong, usually. even when it sometimes freezes weirdly, it starts back up in about one minute. It has never failed me (hope I don't jinx anything....)
6. Public transportation: This leaves me at a bit of a disadvantage living in Idaho and Orange County. With public transportation, you tend to be safer (nobody wants to mess with a bus/train/coach/etc.), you can read, listen to music without being distracted, sleep, relax, you don't have to worry about hitting small children, etc. I hereby state that public transportation needs to be implemented in all cities.
5. My ipod: I have the most eclectic taste in music. I often crave very specific types of music/songs that the radio cannot provide. Having it all in one place on my ipod is perfect. I can overload it up and not take up room on my computer harddrive. I can listen to books or CD, I can watch movies, I can listen to Baddiel and Skinner or the RSC. I can even listen to these new Couch to 5K podcasts that I just downloaded. Who knows what will come of this but I don't know where I'd be without my ipod.
4. N.Y.C. Brand lip plumper lip gloss. I love this stuff and I love the way that my lips feel when I put on the lip gloss. Except that one time where I think I may have inadvertently swallowed some and my throat felt really weird. This also goes for my Burts Bees chapstick.
3. My Converse. Any type of converse but my favorites right now are my classic blacks and of course, my Rosie the Riveters. Always comfortable, go with everything and good soles to keep the feet warm.
2. Saint Chapelle Special Harvest wine. Only available in Idaho. Delicious and good with everything.
1. My Liverpool fleece blanket: So soft, so warm, perfect for cuddling with a book, special harvest wine, my ipod, on public transportation, with my laptop, watching Hulu or Supernatural. It makes my world a better place.
What are your ten things?
Monday, November 22, 2010
Winter is now allowed to come
Because I have received my hats! I left them all in England to be sent home with my books because as of June, I wasn't planning on being in Idaho. Roni kindly sent them over via Royal Mail and now that my hats, I can properly take on the winter. Here are the said hats, thanks to Photo booth and some boredom on my part.
One day....
...I will have cute little baskets to organize all of my stuff. But for today, I recycle and take old boxes to hold my stuff. Here for example, I have my toiletries box (toothbrushes, cotton balls, deoderant, face cream, extra loofahs, etc.), my medicine box (bandaids, neosporin, Clorox wipes, Day and Nyquil, ibuprofen, etc.) and my brand new hat box. 
Sunday, November 21, 2010
It really is true!
You know how your parents always say "In ten year time, will it really matter?" And of course, to you at this time, it TOTALLY will matter in ten years.
But I've really started to learn that it doesn't. The things that happen to us, good and bad, are the things that shape us into who we have become today, also for good and for bad.
I've been sick this weekend so today, when I got home from rehearsal, I did nothing but lounge in my bed, eat soup and oatmeal and homemade applesauce chocolate chip cookies, drink tea, watch the Mentalist and read Facebook. I just kept clicking "Older Posts" and because I'm recovering from illness (and a case of the over-dramatics) and I can, I got all the way down to over a year and a half ago.
The point of this isn't that I have way too much time on my hands- this is just a minor corollary. The point that I am trying to make is that most of the status posts that I had where I was stressing over something or angry about a decision made, don't mean anything to me anymore. Some of them I didn't even know at the point what was stressing me out or what I was upset about. A year and a half is not that long ago and clearly I am a perfectly normal, functioning human being. At the time, was I upset over these things? Was I annoyed at circumstances? Yes, absolutely. Were these feelings justified? Again, absolutely. Did they have the long-lasting negative effect that I assumed they would? Absolutely not.
It's always a good reminder to see the things that happen in our lives as just another chapter, just another experience, just another bruise that will fade away or just another memory to tuck away for another time.
But I've really started to learn that it doesn't. The things that happen to us, good and bad, are the things that shape us into who we have become today, also for good and for bad.
I've been sick this weekend so today, when I got home from rehearsal, I did nothing but lounge in my bed, eat soup and oatmeal and homemade applesauce chocolate chip cookies, drink tea, watch the Mentalist and read Facebook. I just kept clicking "Older Posts" and because I'm recovering from illness (and a case of the over-dramatics) and I can, I got all the way down to over a year and a half ago.
The point of this isn't that I have way too much time on my hands- this is just a minor corollary. The point that I am trying to make is that most of the status posts that I had where I was stressing over something or angry about a decision made, don't mean anything to me anymore. Some of them I didn't even know at the point what was stressing me out or what I was upset about. A year and a half is not that long ago and clearly I am a perfectly normal, functioning human being. At the time, was I upset over these things? Was I annoyed at circumstances? Yes, absolutely. Were these feelings justified? Again, absolutely. Did they have the long-lasting negative effect that I assumed they would? Absolutely not.
It's always a good reminder to see the things that happen in our lives as just another chapter, just another experience, just another bruise that will fade away or just another memory to tuck away for another time.
Holy friendship batman!
I figured that while I was doing shout-outs, I better make a shout-out to this kid. I sent her an email today and realized that we have been friends for 19 year. Yes, 19 years. Mind you, we are just a mere 25-years-old. That is longer than most of my students have been alive. Just saying.
Love you, Hadasi!
Why British shows may be superior to American shows
Here are some of my favorite quotes from British comedies (Doctor Who not included because that would just be totally unfair):
The IT Crowd
The InBetweeners
Peep Show
The IT Crowd
- Roy: Is this another one of your inventions?
- Moss: Might be.
- Roy: What was the last one? ...oh yes. A ladder, to help moths escape from the bath. How is that useful?!
- Moss: How is that not useful?
- Roy: Moths don't get stuck in baths!
- Moss: Yes they do!
- Roy: Even if that were true - it's just not in their nature to learn how to use a ladder! They have wings! When a moth thinks about travelling vertically upwards, a ladder is just the last thing they would think of! Moss, I don't like to be negative about it, but everything you invent is worthless!
- Moss: Ah! Well, prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame, set at gas mark 'egg on your face'! ... I sort of forget what I was talking about.
- V Advert Narrator: [Voicing an Emergency Services advert] Has this ever happened to you? :[The old woman on the advert twists her ankle and falls down stairs, gets up and falls down second flight of stairs before picking up her phone and trying to dial 999] From today, dialing 999 won't get you the Emergency Services, and that's not the only thing that's changing! [upbeat music starts, followed by close-ups and shots of new emergency vehicles and team] Nicer ambulances, faster response times and better looking drivers mean they're not just the Emergency Services, they're your Emergency Services. So, remember the new number! :[upbeat voice singing to jingle] 0118 999! 881 999, 119 725! [short pause] 3! That's [number is repeated in similar style whilst the old woman dials the number and waits]
- Old Woman: Hello? I've had a bit of a tumble.
- Moss: [watching the ad] Well that's easy to remember. [singing in a similar style to the advert] 0118 999 881 999 119 725! [pauses] 3!
- Roy: [listening to Moss] I don't see how they couldn't just keep the other one. I mean, how hard is it to remember 911?
- Moss: You mean 999-
- Roy: Yes, yes, I mean 999! Yeah, I know.
- Moss: That's the American one, you berk!
The InBetweeners
- Will: Can somebody call me an ambulance? Because I'm in trouble. Time is moving really, really slowly, and everything is flat. I need you to call me an ambulance, or failing that, my mummy. I really want my mummy because, and I'm not being dramatic, but I think I might be dead. Is that clear? Mummy or ambulance.
- Neil: What's an itinerary?
- Simon: It's Will's way of taking the fun out of everything.
Peep Show
- Mark: You know Kerry, cancer Kerry, I need to find out, for a friend, the name of that Chinese doctor she was raving about, do you remember?
- Jez: Sure. It was Doctor Ying Fu Yip... Wang Shong... Pang Fang Wang... Dang Dong Ning Po Ku.
- Mark: Oh right. I see. I get it. You were lampooning me. It was a simple lampoon.
- Jez: No Mark. I only told you for a laugh. You promised not to tell.
- Mark: Hitler promised not to invade Czechoslovakia, Jeremy. Welcome to the real world!
- Super Hans: Where might you find a diphthong?
- Mark: It's an element of speech.
- Super Hans: Where might you find one?
- Mark: In a word?
- Mark: (Note to self Re: being the Fonz - Mark, you are *not* the Fonz.)
- Jeremy: "If you build it, they will come". That's my market research.
- Mark: Your market research is Field of Dreams? I mean, a man who made a baseball pitch in his garden for ghosts? That's your role model?
- Mark: [Whilst jogging] (Hey! Wow, I'm actually good at this. Maybe I'm a natural - yeah, I'm a jogger! Of course, there had to be a sport for me, I just never realised. Legs like two great steam locomotives, pumping away, I'm unstoppable - JESUS, is that a stitch -I'm gonna be sick, I need to walk. Oh, I think I'm gonna puke, I'm literally going to die, ugh, what an idiotic boob I was back ten or eleven seconds ago.)
- Jez: Crunchy Nut Cornflakes are just Frosties for wankers.
- Mark: Frosties are just Cornflakes for people who can't face reality.
- Mark: You'd be the first to admit that you're not the most rational thinker.
- Jez: No I wouldn't!
- Mark: You still don't understand what happens in Ocean's Eleven.
- Jez: It's a complicated film.
- Mark: It really isn't.
- Mark is making a list of everything that Jez can consume.]
- Mark: Toilet paper, OK. Soap, OK. But not shower gel. And no razors. If you're poor, grow a beard. Tea Bags are allowed within reason.
- Jez:Within Reason?
- Mark:No making a Pie out of tea or anything weird
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